{"id":17062,"date":"2026-08-22T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2026-08-22T03:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:45:03","slug":"long-weekend-camping-again-in-upstate-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17062","title":{"rendered":"Long weekend camping again in Upstate NY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Friday the 14th to Monday the 17th, again at the Putnam Pond Campground several miles west of Ticonderoga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th year in a row meeting up with our good buddy Laurie, the third year at Putnam Pond. Lots of really cool hiking opportunities off the campground or a short drive from it. A dozen (OK 13) pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campsite (2nd year at the well situated site #40). Both tents are pop-up tents easy to set up. Laurie has the blue one in the foreground – technically a 4 person tent – and our 6 person tent in the background. As anyone who does tent camping knows, the person # label is a joke. If you put four persons in a 4 person tent, they better be very<\/strong> close friends. if you are wondering, the bathrooms and showers at this campground are quite adequate. total cost for the three nights there- $67.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurie and Brigid <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The tents <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Laurie and myself went up Swede Mountain Firetower<\/a>, which like all NY State firetowers is not used as such; but they are good hiking destinations. 20 minute drive to get to it, and a round trip hike up to the tower of about 2 miles. While it’s labeled an easy hike it is not – should be labeled moderate since it is quite steep in places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The view south and west – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Went to Mass Saturday in Ticonderoga – beautiful church – will do another posting about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday late morning – 4.4 mile hike to Berrymill Pond<\/a>. Pretty straightforward and not too demanding. Interesting that on the two wooden bridges over streams on this hike, the didn’t seem to mind if you fall off one side, but not the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nice lean-to; the kind you find on the Appalachian Trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But the pond itself a little disappointing. Note rowboat in the foreground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the later afternoon Laurie and I did the quick walk to Gull Pond, near Town of Schroon Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a great, short – one mile round trip over relatively flat ground – to the beautiful pond<\/a>. The pond is aKettle Hole Pond<\/a>, so labeled by the way it was formed 10,000-12,000 years ago by glaciation. Due to Climate Change – imagine that. These are very common in the Adirondacks and parts of New England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pictures don’t do it justice. And so easy to get to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And our Monday AM departure picture. If you are wondering where Brigid was while Laurie and I were trekking over hill and dale, she did some short walking, picture taking and close up admiring in the campground. Brigid could easily have done the Gull Pond hike and presuming we go back to the area Brigid will get there next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Friday the 14th to Monday the 17th, again at the Putnam Pond Campground several miles west of Ticonderoga. The 4th year in a row meeting up with our good buddy Laurie, the third year at Putnam Pond. Lots of really cool hiking opportunities off the campground or a short drive from it. A dozen … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farandaville-family-stuff","category-health-and-fitness","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17082,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062\/revisions\/17082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}